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To make a point in his pepped-up type of sermon, John Gillham, a United Church layman, will read from Playboy magazine or a sociological book. He beli(...)
To make a point in his pepped-up type of sermon, John Gillham, a United Church layman, will read from Playboy magazine or a sociological book. He beli(...)

To make a point in his pepped-up type of sermon, John Gillham, a United Church layman, will read from Playboy magazine or a sociological book. He beli(...)

Date3/18/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: To make a point in his pepped-up type of sermon; John Gillham; a United Church layman; will read from Playboy magazine or a sociological book. He believes the sermon is a unique opportunity to stir up thought among churchgoers and that the Christian message has more impact coming from laymen than from ministers.
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Object NumberTSPA_0021838F
Up in smoke: Rev. Ron Nickle of Lansing United Church in Willowdale says he lost all his sermons - 22 years worth of work - after a burglar stole eigh(...)
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Advantages and means of keeping up habits of reading among the clergy, paper read before the clergy assembled in Lennoxville for the visitation of the Lord Bishop of Quebec, on the 6th July, 1864
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Rev. Malcolm Boyd recites poem at Bohemian embassy, . . . A carpenter from some square-type place like Galilee
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